Portrait of Adelia Ellender
Item
- Title
- Portrait of Adelia Ellender
- Description
- Adelia Ellender lived in Baltimore, Maryland, where her father was a plasterer. Her dress follows the custom in this period of portraying children as miniature adults. The berries in her hand and the butterfly hovering in a rosebush nearby symbolize not only her childhood innocence but her eventual transformation into a lady
- Identifier
- 1983.95.55
- Date
- 1803 - 1805
- Creator
- Johnson, Joshua
- Source
- Smithsonian Institute
- Medium
- Painting
- Format
- 26 1/4 x 21 1/8 in. (66.7 x 53.7 cm.
- Rights
- © 2018 Smithsonian
- Item sets
- Black Artists 19th century
